I Can't Be Alone With You
Can't Face the Truth: Love's Loneliness Revealed
Lyrics
Wanna leave, wanna leave
Expresses a desire to depart or escape
I can't be alone with you
The singer feels unable to be by themselves with the person referred to
This time we have more to lose
There's more at risk this time in their relationship
I can't be alone with you
Reiteration of the inability to be alone with the individual
I can't
Emphasizes the inability to cope or manage
Baby i was onto you
The singer sensed something about the person
Had me figured out before i knew
The person understood the singer before the singer understood themselves
Baby i don't want you
Declares a lack of desire for the individual
Baby i don't want you
Reiteration of not wanting the person
Maybe i was lonelier with you
Suggests the singer might have felt more alone or isolated while with this person
Baby i was onto you
Similar sentiment as line 8, about understanding the person
Had me figured out before i knew
Repetition of the person's understanding ahead of the singer's self-awareness
Baby i don't want you
Restates the lack of desire for the individual
Baby i don't want you
Emphasizes the absence of wanting the person
Maybe i was lonelier with you
Suggests potential loneliness despite being with this individual
Wanna leave, wanna leave
Expresses a desire or intent to depart or escape again
I can't be alone with you
Reiterates the inability to be alone with the person
I'd drag you down if i could move
Suggests a feeling of dragging down the person if the singer were able to move
I could say the things that i want to
Expresses a desire to express certain things but refrains from doing so
I won't, i won't, i won't, i won't
Repeated refusal to express those unspoken thoughts
Baby i was onto you
Similar to lines 8 and 14, about understanding the person
Had me figured out before i knew
Reiteration of the person's understanding before the singer's awareness
Baby i don't want you
Declares a lack of desire for the individual
Baby i don't want you
Repeats the absence of wanting the person
Maybe i was lonelier with you
Suggests potential loneliness despite being with this individual
Baby i was onto you
Similar sentiment as lines 27 and 8, about understanding the person
Had me figured out before i knew
Reiteration of the person's understanding ahead of the singer's self-awareness
Baby i don't want you
Restates the lack of desire for the individual
Baby i don't want you
Emphasizes the absence of wanting the person
Maybe i was lonelier with you
Suggests potential loneliness despite being with this individual
I can't be alone with you
Reiterates the inability to be alone with the person
Swallowed pride and ego bruised
Expresses a feeling of swallowing pride and experiencing bruised ego
Of all the things we can't undo
Reflects on irreversibility of certain actions or situations
I can't
Reiteration of the inability to cope or manage
Wanna leave, wanna leave
Expresses a desire or intent to depart or escape
I can't be alone
Final reiteration of the inability to be alone with the person
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